Ostler & Beckert

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Both authors are interested in the central role of violence to the political domination of white elites in the nineteenth century United States. How does each author deal with violence as a key tool in the assimilation of new and existing territories into the political economy of an expanding nation? How does each author deal with dissent and resistance to this violence?

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Welcome to MALS Introduction to Graduate Studies FA 2017, Professor Karen Miller

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